NORTHWEST USA One of our longest itineraries, taking you through State, Idaho and Oregon. Pick up in our Seattle/Everett location, or in Portland, Oregon. There are a lot of miles here; you will want to stay more than the one night in several locations, it’s spectacular and you will want to linger…

Skagit River as you pass through small towns such the Rocky Mountains Motorhome Itinerary as Lyman, Hamilton and Concrete – the latter near the historic cities being worth a stop as it really was ‘cement city’! of Anaconda and Butte Day 1 > Collect your motorhome and head north Though many of the original wooden buildings of and surrounded by on Interstate 5 to Mount Vernon, just over forty the early 1900’s were destroyed by fire, three still Forest Service and miles with most on the Interstate to your remain. Continue through Rockport and wilderness campground. ✪ 40 miles to Mount Vernon RV Marblemount and enter the experiences. Butte Park ★ Catch a show at the restored Lincoln National Park. On your left you will see Damnation was known as the Theatre, originally built in 1926 and still using the Peak, Mount Despair, Mount Terror and thankfully, ‘Richest Hill on Earth’ for original theatre organ from the time. Visit the Mount Triumph! To your right, Pyramid Peak and first gold, then silver, Roozengaarde Display Garden to see a breath- Colonial Peak. Overnight in the National Park. copper, lead and zinc taking display of the tulips the city is renowned for, ✪ 65 miles to North Cascades National Park, have all been mined in celebration of its Dutch heritage! Newhalem Campground ★ Visit Diablo Lake and here. The historic https://goo.gl/d268rU ­ Ross Dam. https://goo.gl/Jgp2EC district is well worth ✪ Day 7 > As you leave Yellowstone by the Day 2 > Though only sixty-five miles, your journey a visit. 275 miles to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­Day 3 > Continue through North Cascades NP, South Entrance you’ll enter Grand Teton National will take a while as it will be through some very Butte ★ Visit Missoula for Fort Missoula, the dropping down through the Okanagan National Park. It’s because they’re so ‘young’ that those scenic locations as you head toward the North University of Montana and the Elk Foundation. Forest to Electric City. The attraction here is the magnificent mountains rise directly from the Cascades National Park. You will be following the www.fairmontrvresort.com Grand Coulee Dam. This is the largest electricity Jackson Lake valley without foothills. It’s easy to production facility in the USA – fifth in the world – Day 6 > South-east towards Yellowstone National see how they got their name from French and is the largest concrete structure too. There is Park. You should leave the Interstate at Belgrade speaking trappers. Stay on Route 89 and by the enough concrete in the Grand Coulee Dam to build and head south on the scenic Route 191, through Idaho border, bear west bound for Idaho Falls. ✪ ★ a 60 foot wide road, four inches thick, from Los the Gallatin National Forest and past the Big Sky 215 miles to Idaho Falls Visit the top year Angeles to New York City! That would be a four Resort. You’ll enter through the West Entrance round resort of Jackson. It’s home to celebrities

lane highway, 3,000 miles long. ✪ 175 miles to and, if you’ve got time, Yellowstone is definitely and visiting ‘beautiful people’. the Coulee Playland Resort, close to Electric City the place to spend that extra day, or even longer. www.snakeriverrvpark.com ★ Visit the Grand Coulee Visitors Centre. On Most of the major and iconic sites are on a loop. Day 8 > A great deal has changed for the first summer evenings, a laser light show, including It’s under a hundred miles round but, traffic jams Americans over centuries, but a great deal has full-size images of battleships and the Statue of around here are caused not by visitors but remained the same. The Shoshone and Bannock Liberty, is projected onto the dam’s wall. whenever the local wildlife decide to walk, sit or tribes were granted 1.8 million acres in Eastern www.couleeplayland.com lie close to or even on the road. You’ll not move a Idaho under the Fort Bridger Treaty of 1868. Tulip Fields in the Skagit Valley Photo: Washington State Tourism/J. Poth buffalo and, if you’re lucky enough to find it’s a Survey errors, treaties, and promises both kept Day 4 > As you head for fabulous Coeur D’Alene in bear or a moose up ahead, you’ll want to stop just and broken moved the boundaries of the tribal Idaho, after about 90 miles your drive takes you as everyone else will. Coming in from the West lands to as little as 418 thousand acres and back through Spokane, Washington. We’re sure you’ll and heading out to the South means that, to their present area of almost 544 thousand acres. want to stop so please look at their website to see whichever way round you choose, there will be a what you might want to do there – wineries being section you drive twice. In this case it’s the road As you drive south on Hwy 15 today, you will pass a ‘big thing’. You have plenty of time to linger as by Fountain Paintpot and Old Faithful so it’s no through the Fort Hall Indian Reservations. A ‘must there is only another 30 miles before reaching hardship. There are several campsites on the loop see’ is a collection of Native American art and tonight’s campground. Blackwell Island RV Park is as well as near the entrances. The website has all artefacts at an unusual shop called The Clothes located right on the water. Sit on the beach or take the information. ✪ 180 miles to Yellowstone Horse. Over generations the Shoshone Bannock a dip in the lake. Coeur d’Alene offers a wide range National Park ★ Visit Mammoth Hot Springs; tribes have developed a particular style and of indoor and outdoor activities. Within Kootenai Grand Canyon of Yellowstone; Inspiration and quality which is considered world class, some of County there are 87 parks and campgrounds, 47 Artist Points: all within Yellowstone National Park. their pieces are even on display at the hiking trails, fishing, swimming, hiking, world class www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/campgrounds.htm Smithsonian in Washington, DC. Turn off on Hwy golf, horseback riding, tennis, amusement parks, 86 towards American Falls. During high water and, of course, spectacular scenery at every turn. You may want to stay longer than just one night! ✪ 120 miles to Coeur D’Alene ★ Visit Riverfront Park in central Spokane and the Cataldo Mission outside Coeur d’Alene. www.idahorvpark.com

Day 5 > Only about four hours drive if you stayed on the Interstate but you’d miss so much if you did. After completing your crossing of that sliver of Idaho, your route takes you into Montana: Big Sky country. Your campground is located in the great outdoors of Southwest Montana, nestled in

Diablo Lake Cataldo Mission outside Coeur d’Alene Photo: Idaho Tourism Circle of wagons, the Oregon Trail

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North Cascades NP Yosemite NP Mount Campground NEVADA Vernon Coulee RV Park Playland Blackwell Island Resort RV Resort SEATTLE/ Sequoia NP EVERETT Death MONTANA Valley NP Mt. Rainier NP CALIFORNIA Fairmont LONE PINE Boulder Creek W ASHINGTON RV Park Hearst Castle RV Resort PORTLAND BOZEMAN Campsite Santa Grande Margarita KOA Portland Hot Springs RV Park Barstow/ Resort Calico KOA Yellowstone NP

OREGON IDAHO Boise/Meridian KOA LOS ANGELES Snake River Park KOA Massacre Rocks State Park SAN DIEGO Pacific Ocean Campland on the Bay CALIFORNIA NEVADA UTAH MEXICO

Buffalo in Yellowstone NP Mount Rainer National Forest Photo: Lewis County Convention & Visitor Bureau/Loren Lane flows you’ll see a torrent of water spilling over the Ferry and continue through the Snake River Birds days. Much can be accessed via the Journey Details falls that originally gave the city its name. of Prey Natural Area, rejoining the freeway just region’s convenient and eco-friendly Situated on the Snake River, just off Interstate 86, north of Meridian where you will have to head light rail system. We are DEPART Seattle, Bozeman or Portland exit 28, Massacre Rocks State Park is open year south for a couple of miles to reach your recommending the Portland Fairview DURATION 13 days round and covers approximately 1,000 acres. Rich campground just outside of Boise. ✪ 210 miles to RV Park in a peaceful setting just in history, as wheel ruts from wagons on the Boise ★ Visit the glittering cascades at Thousand eight miles east of downtown. ✪ 150 DISTANCE 1,935 miles Oregon Trail still show, pioneers used this area as Springs, just past Twin Falls and then Bruneau miles to Portland ★ Visit Panorama Point a rest stop for years. Many emigrant names are Dunes south of Mountain Home. for the dramatic view of Mount Hood, inscribed on Register Rock which is now protected www.koa.com/campgrounds/boise Oregon’s probably - but not necessarily - dormant by a weather shelter. The State Park campsite is volcano. www.portlandfairviewrv.com Bird Departure Special which allows you to return up to home for tonight. ✪ 55 miles to Massacre Rocks Day 10 > Heading west back towards the Pacific 3pm. It’s a fairly long drive back and being relaxed is the State park at American Falls ★ Visit The Lavas, Ocean your route soon takes you into the state of Day 12 > Having enjoyed the city, it’s off once again to a key to ending a great holiday! caves and rock flows just outside Idaho Falls. Oregon. The suggested overnight stop is near the National Park – your last before returning to Everett. https://goo.gl/PnwvkC town of Le Grande which was the phrase an early After seventy or so freeway miles, turn off on Route 12 French settler used to describe this area’s beauty. toward the park. Mount St Helens rises on your right Day 9 > Just over 200 miles or three hours will Dominated by Mount Emily, the vast area you’ll and, in fact, you may be tempted to come off the bring you to Idaho’s State Capital today. At first drive through is the Wallowa-Whitman National freeway and ‘cut the corner’ by driving right past the you’ll be following the Snake River on your right; Forest. ✪ 160 miles to La Grande ★ Visit Baker Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument. It’s then on your left. The freeway continues to Boise City for the primary visitor centre and interpretive three miles shorter but will take a lot longer due to the but you might want to turn off just after Glens museums along the historic Oregon Trail. windy roads. Mount Rainier National Park was https://goo.gl/9xoETb established in 1899. Elevations range from 1,610’ to 14,410’ above sea level and the ‘mountain’ is actually an Day 11 > Much of the drive today will be alongside active volcano encased in over 35 square miles of snow the mighty Columbia River which separates and ice, surrounded by old growth forest and stunning Oregon from the state of Washington on its wildflower meadows. There are three or four Forest northern bank. You should break your journey Service campgrounds to choose from on Routes 12 and first at Pendleton for the fine local woollen goods 410. Take a look at the appropriate websites to find one and then at Fort Dalles which originated as a US you like. ✪ 180 miles to Mt Rainier National Park Army outpost deep in ‘Indian Country’ and on the ★ Visit the seven areas of the park – or as many as Oregon Trail. The name, in Canadian French, you can. Each has trailheads refers to the very strong rapids just and facilities; some more outside the town. Maybe you’ve heard rustic than others. that the city of Portland, Oregon, has https://goo.gl/w8PHZ5 been named by ‘Money’ magazine as North America’s “Best Big City”. Day 13 > 110 miles to One visit will explain why. The Everett to Drop off your gardens, museums, zoo and fine motorhome. For ease and dining will maybe be a comfort on this itinerary welcome contrast to the we would recommend outdoors life of the last few you purchase the Early

Red barn with Mount Hood in the distance

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